TotalEnergies restarts $20bn LNG project in Mozambique after 5-year freeze

Operations were paused indefinitely in 2021 due to escalating violence in the region.

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French energy giant TotalEnergies has restarted construction of a $20bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique after being forced to pause operations indefinitely owing to escalating violence in the region.

The company’s executive Patrick Pouyanne and Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo jointly announced the official relaunch of the project on Thursday at a ceremony near the construction site in Afungi, located in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique’s northeast.

TotalEnergies restarts $20bn LNG project in Mozambique after 5-year freeze

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